(NOV 16) Last night at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, there was a night of boxing, live-streamed on Netflix, with some very good male fights on the undercard.  In what should have probably been just an exhibition between Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson,  ended in an eight-round unanimous decision in favor of Paul. 

In the co-main bout at the event that stood out. The fight featured Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano vs. Katie Taylor where Taylor was defending her multiple world titles. It was definitely an action-packed nail-biting fight between these two warriors.  They definitely did not disappoint, and although Serrano had a cut over her eye that continued to get worse throughout the fight, she continued to dominate her opponent.

The  fight did go the distance, ten rounds of boxing, they were in the center ring waiting for the decision.  The Ring Announcer 95-94 on all scorecards, that was a unanimous decision and then said, "And still the world champion, Katie Taylor".

When the decision was announced, a majority of the 72,300 in AT&T Stadium booed and howled at the decision. At the same time,  I was receiving a flood of text messages burning up my phone with 100 percent of them texting me saying that they could not believe the decision.
 

In the post fight interview, Serrano said, “I knew if it went to the judges, they were going to be a bit shady. I came here. I chose to be great. I went up three divisions. I dared to be great tonight, and I went up three divisions. I am the featherweight champion of the world, and I want to be great and fight the best. It is what it is."

Well folks, just like their first encounter of fighting in 2022 at the Madison Square Garden in New York, we again witnessed yet another again a ten-round controversy decision.

Continuous headbutts by Taylor, clashing of the heads targeted at the serious cut that Serrano received from a headbutt in the fourth round---Which surprisingly, the referee continued to ignore.

Despite the continuous fouls committed by Taylor, the judges' decision to award her the victory was surprising.  It's disheartening to witness such injustice in a sport--but not that unusual unfortunately.

After the fight they were talking about a rematch. 

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